Brian

I'm going to close down my separate 'People' blog because I barely have time to post to this, let alone multiple blogs. So, here's one of my first posts about my buddy Brian...

This is a funny guy. I mean really funny. Laugh out loud gasp for breath 'Did he just say that?' funny. How does he get to be so funny? Well he has a strange way of looking at things, which is to say, it's a very honest and direct way, and, more than that, he just says whatever pops into his head. He's not trying to entertain anyone, he just has funny thoughts and he says them.

So, this isn't his funniest by any means, but it's what made me start this particular blog so I could write stuff down - Brian doesn't do himself any favors, he would be the first to admit, and I dread his late night phone calls in case it's his last one and he's calling to say goodbye.

Brian has been seeing Sarah (on and off) for a loooong while. She decided to try some diet pills from China, which, if I'm not mistaken, are chock full of ephedra, or whatever the name for that is in Chinese. So, she orders these pills on the internet, and when she receives them also gets four 'Chinese Viagra' pills. Brian, deciding he'd like to try these out, but being strangely anxious about certain areas of his life (whilst also demonstrating complete abandon in others), decides to go to the pharmacy to ask what's in them. The conversation, I'm told, goes something like this -

Brian - Can you tell me what's in these 'Chinese Viagra' pills I'm about to take?

Pharmacist - Let me see, hmmm, well, all the ingredients are in Chinese, so although I can tell you it's from China, I can't tell you what's in it.

Brian - So do you think it's safe to take?

Pharmacist - Well it is manufactured to Chinese safety standards, so maybe it'll be ok...

Brian - Dude, have you seen all the toy recalls recently from China? If that's their safety standard, I'm going to leave it - give me one of those Levitra's!

(Pharmacist cracks up)